# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=301 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 302 --- ## [Glaucoma and exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaucoma-and-exercise/921478)
**Author:** [@The\_Mighty\_Boosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mighty_Boosh)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaucoma-and-exercise/921478 "2020-09-26T03:04:56Z")
Dammit, I have Glaucoma. (Sidenote; I turn 50 next year. My body appears to have decided that now is the time to lose control of every-frigging-thing. Or maybe it’s just the curse of 2020 playing out at personal level.) … --- ## [TubaDiva Memorial Fund (for her family) is finally up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial-fund-for-her-family-is-finally-up/918709)
**Author:** [@basslinemz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basslinemz)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial-fund-for-her-family-is-finally-up/918709 "2020-09-26T01:29:39Z")
It’s taken me FAR too long to get this going, but I had to stop waiting for info and get it started at some point. This is separate from the campaign Ed Zotti set up to buy instruments in her honor - this one directly… --- ## [345,000 Used Condoms Cleaned and Resold as New](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528 "2020-09-25T19:26:03Z")
Today in Ewwwwwwwwwww! News: I’m surprised that latex can be boiled and retain its qualities. Or maybe it can’t, but it looks as if it can. In any event, Ewwwwww! https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/asia/vietnam-condom-s… --- ## [Bill Murray Faces Legal Threat From Doobie Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-faces-legal-threat-from-doobie-brothers/921510)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-faces-legal-threat-from-doobie-brothers/921510 "2020-09-25T18:41:19Z")
This is pretty mundane and pointless, but I found the article amusing. Choice quote: “We’d almost be OK with it if the shirts weren’t so damn ugly,” the lawyer, Peter T. Paterno, wrote in a letter sent to Mr. Murray on… --- ## [IT'S CHRISTMAS!! (No, really, first Christmas ad of the year spotted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-no-really-first-christmas-ad-of-the-year-spotted/837561)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-no-really-first-christmas-ad-of-the-year-spotted/837561 "2020-09-25T16:26:56Z")
Yeah, it gets earlier every year. Tomorrow is forecast to be the hottest day of the year in the UK - maybe the hottest day on record. And yesterday my friend J pointed out, in a free local paper, the first Christmas ad … --- ## [Things to do before you call a pro - helpful hints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-you-call-a-pro-helpful-hints/920752)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-you-call-a-pro-helpful-hints/920752 "2020-09-25T03:30:17Z")
I’d like to think we all do the obvious - like checking to make sure something is plugged in when it won’t turn on. But I’m sure there are equally simple troubleshooting tips that may not occur to some of us. This is as … --- ## [My very first MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-very-first-mmp/920540)
**Author:** [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-very-first-mmp/920540 "2020-09-25T03:25:45Z")
Since I’m still up at the stroke of midnight (a rarity for me), I thought I’d start an MMP for the first time ever. Party on! :clock12: :tada: I brought the cake! :cake: --- ## [My Mid-Life Crisis Came Early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mid-life-crisis-came-early/921215)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mid-life-crisis-came-early/921215 "2020-09-25T03:03:36Z")
I recently decided that I was going to do what I’ve wanted to do forever\*: buy a motorcycle. Took a MSF starter class, got the endorsement, and started shopping. Finally brought home a shiny little Ninja 300, because c… --- ## ["I bruised my ribs sitting on the couch" & other tragic tales of aging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bruised-my-ribs-sitting-on-the-couch-other-tragic-tales-of-aging/921101)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bruised-my-ribs-sitting-on-the-couch-other-tragic-tales-of-aging/921101 "2020-09-24T22:57:40Z")
This past week, I was sitting on the ol’ davenport with my back up against an arm, and my legs on the cushions in front of me. A very relaxing and peaceful moment in an otherwise hectic day. But then I had to plug in a c… --- ## [Aussies and Asians find flights to nowhere to be popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussies-and-asians-find-flights-to-nowhere-to-be-popular/921178)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussies-and-asians-find-flights-to-nowhere-to-be-popular/921178 "2020-09-24T21:26:53Z")
Are people missing traveling that much, that they are willing to pay $500 to $2,800 for a 7 hour flight to nowhere? --- ## [Has Anyone Here Has Bed Bugs And Successfully Got Rid Of Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643 "2013-02-23T14:05:00Z")
We’ve had a series of news reports about bed bugs in Chicago then I saw that thread about them in GQ. Of course now I’m creeped out about them. I’ve had enough issues with vermin in my flat so I’m sure eventually I’ll g… --- ## ["no going back to brunch"--Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-going-back-to-brunch-huh/921076)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-going-back-to-brunch-huh/921076 "2020-09-24T19:43:18Z")
What does the expression “back to brunch” mean? I googled it, I checked “know your meme” dot com.But with no results. It seems to be a unique phrase that AOC made up. For context: AOC just sent out a tweet that , afte… --- ## [Learning to drive a semi tractor....GGGAAHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-drive-a-semi-tractor-gggaahhh/854922)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-drive-a-semi-tractor-gggaahhh/854922 "2020-09-24T17:12:53Z")
So a “friend” of mine earlier this year offered me some part time work driving a dump truck with the company he works for. He said “take the knowledge tests at the BMV, take the medical exam, and get the CDL learner’s pe… --- ## [My latest stretch goal in leadership: managing people for an online event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-stretch-goal-in-leadership-managing-people-for-an-online-event/921419)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-stretch-goal-in-leadership-managing-people-for-an-online-event/921419 "2020-09-24T16:09:12Z")
As you all who read my posts probably know, I tend to get myself into situations where I am managing people and get totally frustrated. I’m in that situation again. I think this habit is a combination of several subcon… --- ## [America has a bat on a coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073 "2020-09-24T00:30:26Z")
For American Samoa national park https://catalog.usmint.gov/national-park-of-american-samoa-2020-uncirculated-five-ounce-silver-coin-20AJ.html?cgid=america-the-beautiful-quarters#srule=new-release&start=1&sz=9 --- ## [Need website for electric scooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-website-for-electric-scooter/145458)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-website-for-electric-scooter/145458 "2020-09-23T22:14:20Z")
Sorry, folks, but my memory decided it would go on vacation tonight and I need to know the actual website for a particular brand of electric scooter. I think it’s something like Veego but can’t swear to that spelling si… --- ## [The Mama Spider that Trained Me, or Extreme Boredom Makes People Stranger than Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mama-spider-that-trained-me-or-extreme-boredom-makes-people-stranger-than-normal/920740)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mama-spider-that-trained-me-or-extreme-boredom-makes-people-stranger-than-normal/920740 "2020-09-23T19:25:48Z")
After dinner, I like to go out on my porch and smoke. This happens about the same time every day. While recreating, I fuss with my plants. I get offended when grasshoppers are on my porch, eating my plants, so I wack th… --- ## [Hello again, SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-sdmb/921286)
**Author:** [@Ogre2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-sdmb/921286 "2020-09-23T16:41:46Z")
I thought I might wander through again and ask after everyone’s health. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. I let my former Ogre account lapse. I’ve seen the unbelievably sad “In Memoriam” thread. I hope othe… --- ## [Does anyone fall for these email bank scams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-fall-for-these-email-bank-scams/685717)
**Author:** [@LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-fall-for-these-email-bank-scams/685717 "2020-09-23T16:39:08Z")
Today I received this email … does anyone fall for this stuff? All caps was a nice touch. MY GOOD FRIEND , MY NAME IS MR. DAVID KWAKU.I AM A RETIRED BANKER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK IN GHANA WEST AFRICA, I AM A… --- ## [My wife ran into someone online she last saw 72 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-ran-into-someone-online-she-last-saw-72-years-ago/921259)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-ran-into-someone-online-she-last-saw-72-years-ago/921259 "2020-09-23T16:37:40Z")
My wife is from the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn. She reads a web site from the NY Transit Museum (cool place I’ve been to a few times). Some commenter asked about people’s favorite subway stop. She replied giving … --- ## [Looking for advice/guidance on whether to get a second dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-guidance-on-whether-to-get-a-second-dog/920932)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-guidance-on-whether-to-get-a-second-dog/920932 "2020-09-23T11:18:11Z")
Here’s the situation: I have an almost two-year-old female lab. She is very high energy and is obsessed with playing fetch. In fact, I just opened my home office door and three of her balls are sitting just outside in t… --- ## [Having older parents is tough \[Update - father has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-older-parents-is-tough-update-father-has-passed/919986)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-older-parents-is-tough-update-father-has-passed/919986 "2020-09-22T22:52:17Z")
So my parents are in their mid 80s, neither in robust health. My dad has had heart disease for 50 years and was told to get his affairs in order in 1974. He’s fought the odds and outlived many peers but it’s not in his f… --- ## [Headline of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-of-the-day/921263)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-of-the-day/921263 "2020-09-22T22:37:07Z")
There have been so many amusing, strange, unusual, and sometimes even vulgar headlines these past few years. I thought I had started a thread on this topic already but I can’t find it now so I thought I’d start one/a ne… --- ## [keyboard will not tpe capital k without using caps lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-will-not-tpe-capital-k-without-using-caps-lock/855837)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-will-not-tpe-capital-k-without-using-caps-lock/855837 "2020-09-22T11:11:29Z")
This is driving me crazy because I actually am an excellent typist and having to hit the Caps Lock key to type one capital letter slows me down. This issue just occurred about two hours ago. I took the computer over to m… --- ## [Questions you thought you could answer, but you really can't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-you-thought-you-could-answer-but-you-really-cant/921189)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-you-thought-you-could-answer-but-you-really-cant/921189 "2020-09-21T23:28:25Z")
The Tell me about your experiences going to/working with an allergist got me thinking: I go to an allergist all of the time! Maybe I can answer some questions and be helpful! Nope. I don’t actually have any allergies. … --- ## [Who has worked from home while far from home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-worked-from-home-while-far-from-home/921089)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-worked-from-home-while-far-from-home/921089 "2020-09-21T16:54:55Z")
Ms. P and I are going to spend a week at the Outer Banks the end of September/beginning of October. I’m not taking any days off, so it will be a working vacation for me. Who else has done something like this? College … --- ## [Tweeting yourself out of a job, part XXVIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweeting-yourself-out-of-a-job-part-xxviii/921083)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweeting-yourself-out-of-a-job-part-xxviii/921083 "2020-09-21T16:24:40Z")
Lara Kollab, an internal medicine resident who lost her position at Cleveland Clinic after her anti-Semitic tweets came to light (including a boast that she would give Jews the wrong medicine), has now been banned from p… --- ## [Free Stuff fro my Medicare Advantage Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-fro-my-medicare-advantage-plan/921060)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-fro-my-medicare-advantage-plan/921060 "2020-09-21T12:43:24Z")
My wife and I have both received unexpected shipments from our PPO Medicare plan. packed and shipped from CVS pharmacies. The boxes contain face masks, hand sanitizer(several bottles), band aids, a digital fever thermom… --- ## [A bigger tax refund than I had expected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bigger-tax-refund-than-i-had-expected/921055)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bigger-tax-refund-than-i-had-expected/921055 "2020-09-20T17:21:28Z")
I was hoping to at least break even come tax time, since I am not having anything withheld from unemployment, didn’t expect to get this much back. Damndest thing I have ever seen, I am on the HR Block tax calculator site… --- ## [What we did on our summer vacation (or, holidaying in the new normal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-did-on-our-summer-vacation-or-holidaying-in-the-new-normal/921088)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-did-on-our-summer-vacation-or-holidaying-in-the-new-normal/921088 "2020-09-20T17:16:29Z")
Not your usual summer vacation – two nights (!) away with friends in a hotel in Weymouth, Dorset (UK). I’ve been wondering how to explain this - so: Monday: after driving out there (two households, therefore two cars), … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=302)